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News: May 2003
Scientists spy on growing nanoparticles
May 31, 2003
French scientists have developed a new method that monitors the growth of nanoparticles in real time
Starquakes shed light on stellar evolution
May 30, 2003
Belgian astronomers continue a 21-year long experiment to study how stars evolve
Supermassive black hole binary might lurk in nearby galaxy
May 23, 2003
Researchers in Japan claim to have found evidence for a pair of supermassive black holes
Transistors go transparent
May 22, 2003
Japanese researchers have made the fastest transparent transistor ever
Thermopower in a spin
May 22, 2003
Electron spins may be responsible for the properties of certain thermoelectric materials
Superconductivity and magnetism in harmony
May 20, 2003
A magnetic field can sometimes enhance superconductivity instead of destroying it
Cobalt breaks magnetism record
May 16, 2003
European physicists have measured the highest ever magnetic anisotropy energy in a material
Route one to the centre of the Earth
May 14, 2003
Geophysicist proposes novel way to study the Earth’s core
Could neutrinos destroy nuclear weapons?
May 13, 2003
Japanese particle physicists propose to destroy nuclear bombs with a high-energy neutrino beam
First light for pure silicon
May 9, 2003
German and Australian researchers have shown that bulk silicon crystalline can be an efficient light emitter
Tinnitus treatment tones up
May 8, 2003
Physicists have devised a new model that could help sufferers of tinnitus
Potassium-40 heats up Earth's core
May 7, 2003
Geophysicists have found evidence for an extra source of heat inside planets
Carbon nanotubes light up
May 2, 2003
IBM researchers have created an ultrasmall solid-state light source
Heavy elements lend weight to early stars
May 1, 2003
Stars and galaxies may have formed much earlier than previously thought
Magnesium diboride at the double
May 1, 2003
Physicists have seen two superconducting energy gaps in magnesium diboride
